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52°43′42″N1°43′43″W / 52.7282°N 1.7285°W. The National Memorial Arboretum is a British site of national remembrance at Alrewas, near Lichfield, Staffordshire. Its objective is to honour the fallen, recognise service and sacrifice, and foster pride in the British Armed Forces and civilian community. [ 1 ]
This is a complete list of memorials at the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas, near Lichfield, Staffordshire. [1] The primary memorial at the arboretum is the Armed Forces Memorial which lists all British military casualties since 1948. In addition to the Armed Forces Memorial a further 400 memorials are located on the grounds of the ...
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One of four surrounding plaques. The Polish Forces War Memorial statue is set within an imposing 18-metre diameter architectural feature and has a series of plaques inset into the monument surround describing the Polish contribution in the Second World War so therefore the monument acts as a tribute to the fallen and to enable visitors to learn ...
Location. 3501 New York Avenue, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002. Coordinates. 38°54′37″N76°58′02″W38.91028°N 76.96722°W. NRHP reference No. 73002122. Added to NRHP. April 11, 1973. The United States National Arboretum is an arboretum in northeast Washington, D.C., operated by the United States Department of Agriculture 's Agricultural ...
National memorial is a designation in the United States for an officially recognized area that memorializes a historic person or event. [1] As of September 2020 the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the Department of the Interior, owns and administers thirty-one memorials as official units and provides assistance for five more, known as affiliated areas, that are operated by other ...
Established. 1969. Location. Whittington Barracks, Whittington, Staffordshire. Coordinates. 52°39′35″N 1°46′40″W / 52.6596°N 1.7778°W / 52.6596; -1.7778. Website. www.staffordshireregimentmuseum.com. The Staffordshire Regiment Museum is a military museum in Staffordshire, England, preserving the history of the ...
The Memorial is located on a 150-acre (0.61 km 2) site at the National Memorial Arboretum, at Alrewas near Lichfield in Staffordshire, which opened in 2001, where there are already a number of Service-related memorials. A central location in the UK, outside London, was chosen deliberately to ensure that the memorial was accessible to all ...